Coffee preparation and process of making same.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I JAMES M. HERRON, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO CEYLON COCOA & COFFEE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

COFFEE PREPARATION AND PROCESS OF MAKING SAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 14, 1908.

Application filed December 21, 1905. Serial No. 292,813.

To all whom it'may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES M. HERRoN, a' citizen of the United States, and residing in Hyde Park, East Orange, Essex county, New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Coffee-Pre 'arationand Process of Making Same; an in order that others skilled in the art may understand and practice my inven tion I give the following specification.

My invention relates to coffee preparations and has for its object to produce a re aration of coffee in a form readily avai ab e for the various usesfor which coflee' is ordinarily employed, and particularly adapted for the use of caterers, confectioners, pastry makers and the like.

Heret'ofore, when caterers, confectioners,

pastry-makers and others desire to employ Y and t e liquorso obtained has been added to of t or incor orated with the various-products made. his process of obtaining coffee for the uses above mentioned is cumbrous and involves expenditure of considerable skill as well as time, since the flavor of the coffee and the flavor of the products depends largely upon the skilful and proper making e decoction or infusion. j

My invention is desi ned to obviate this preliminary. process of o taining coffee in the condition required for the uses mentioned, by producing coffee in a form in which it may be directly added to the products of caterers, confectioners and others and the best results obtained According to my invention, I roduce coffee in the form of tablets or ca es or paste which is readily soluble in water or reducible by rubbing or a slight increase of temperature to a fluid readily applied to and miscible with the ingredients of confectioners, caterers and other similar products,

A further feature of my invention is the production of a coffee preparation from which a superior quality of the liquid may be made'by the mere addition of water, such beverage bein entirely free from grounds or sediment and eing more wholesome for use and consumption.

In carrying out my inventlon, I take a suitable quantit of roasted and ground cof I fee and make a uid extract thereof by treatthat with beans or ni ing the same with water suflicient to cover it for a period of time sufficient to extract the aroma or flavor of the coffee. I have found that a period of from four to five hours is satisfactory for this purpose. Preferably, the water should be Warm, but not boiling. After the extraction has been made, the liquid is drawn off and the coffee is pressed to remove. the remaining liquid or extract. The object of this is to employ as little fluid as possible in order to reduce the time and labor of subsequent desiccation or evaporation. The liquor or coflee extract so obtained is absorbed into a suitable quantity of raw or unroasted cocoa nibs'by immersing the nibs in t a qfuantity of the coffee liquid or extract of ee sufficient to. cover the same and insuring their saturation with the extract. The

mass is then placed in a desiccator and subjected to desiccation by the application of moderate heat in a vacuum orunder reduced pressure for a sufficient period of time until the mass becomes dry. Care should be taken that the heat applied is not suflicient to roast the cocoa nibs. By raw cocoa nibs, I

'mean cracked .or broken unroasted cocoa beans freed from shells.

Preferably I use ri e beans for the urpose; After themass as been desiccate for the period described and the liquid. thereby removed, the cocoa nibs having the coffee extract, absorbed therein are removed from the desiccator and ground to a paste or semi By my invention, I obtain an improved,

coflee preparation in a readily soluble form, and from which coffee liquor or fluid can be readily obtained by dissolving in 'water. Since the preparation so made is soluble, no grounds are produced as is the case when coffee is made in the ordinary way, and the coffee li uid is readily and completely miscible wit the ingredients used by confectioners, caterers, pastry makers and the like in making their products.

,An important feature of the invention is the use of raw or unroasted cocoa beans. These do not impair the flavor of the coffee; and the best result is obtained where ripe cocoa beans are em loyed, for the reason hs of this character the flavor of the reparation is of a higher char- I raw cocoa beans containing both ripe and unripe beans are employed.

Having thus described'my invention and the manner of performing the same, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1s:

1. The process of making a coffee pre aration which consists in extracting roaste and ground coffee with water, immersing raw, ripe cocoa beans thereln to absorb said extract, drying the beans so treated and grind mg the same to a paste.

2. The herein described product, consisting of a cake or tablet having the aroma and flavor of coffee, said cake or tablet corn osed of ground raw cocoa beans saturate and impregnated with an extract of coffee, soluble in Water and reducible to a fluid or paste upon slight'increase of temperature.

JAMES M. HERRON.

Witnesses WILLIAM P. HAMMOND, H. O. WORKMAN. 

